Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-12

GEORGIA,
At Athens Mrs. John White fell from a
buggy day or two since and broke her
arm.
A lady nearly 50 years OF age, in Ella
vile, does all her own work cooking for
five in family.
There is a gentleman in Warren county
who has received over SIS in witness fees
alone as witness IN the Doofnger and
kinney case.
Tho steel plow company will not locate
their shops at the foot Of Cherry street,
Macon, as first proposed. They will build
at Enterprise.
An effort will be made at the next
meeting OF Macon's Council TO remove
the special tax on manu- acturing estab-
ishments after tue year 1887.
The Rome Land Company has COM
peted the purchase or the entire lands of
DIR. Holmes, the entire lands of
Col. Yancey, and the lands of +. G.. Smith
and Miss Ella Smith in East Rome,
amounting to near !, 900 acres.
Miss Morris was burned. it is feared
fatally, near Morris store, in the western
part OF Hancock county last Tuesday.
Her clothing took fire from some grass
that was being burned from field, and
she was dangerously injured before the
fire could be eXtinguished.
Clara Herrngdine was fatally burned
In the Mt. Hope school house on March
p. She was the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. D. Herrmgdine, and was years
OF age. Her clothes caught while stand
ing near the fire in the school room. and
were burnt to ashes on her. She lived
but short time afterward.
Athens Banner w atchman: 4 gentle
man from Ninety-SiX, the historic old Car
al
from the line of the g., Z. and n road
tells us that the British fort is as well
preserved as if il was thrown Mp- last
year, while the tunnel dug under the hill
on which it stands, by The American
troops, is open-n0t cHved the slightest,
In fact, you can see the point of the picks
and the names of the soldiers carved in
the hard clay on it's sides. wagf
The negro man who was forcibly eject
ed from the ladies' car on the Western
and Atlantic railroad a few nights ago.
gby some passengers, has arrived in At
lanta. Whom The train reached Dalton
that night the negro got of, and pflfchas-
ing an East Tennessee ticket came on to
Atlanta, where ne is stepping with some
trends. On Saturday he called upon an
attorney, whom he consulted about the
matter. No one who knows of the negro S
presence in the city. however, can give
ibis name or tell " here he Is stopping.
Hon. P. W. Jones, the first bale man of
Georgia, Was IN Albany Saturday, and
reports his cotton crop more advanced
this season than be ever had it. He says
that bis $50 acres of cotton. planted IN
February, is now six inches high. To in
quiries as TO the effect Of the cold be said
that while there had been more cold
weather in March this year than for
many years previous, yet the cotton had
Withstood 1t remarkably well, and that
his stand was almost perfect. Mr.. Jones
thinks that he will have bale in market
earlier this season than he ever has had
one.
Saturday at the first tank south of Dali
ton, on the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad, an engine used for the
purpose OF pumping water into the tanks
blew up. The tank engine house was
burned up and the trestlng was burned
from under one OF the tanks, causing it tc
fall. The explosion OF the engine re.
suited IN the blowing off of one of the mems
legs above the thigh, Remembering him
aud causing his death. Another had his
face torn badly, and still another had his
jaw broken. One OF the pistons of the
engine was blown about 100 yards and
driven about four inches into an oak tree
The stables and barn of B. c. Culver,
on the Davis place, in Hancock, were
burned Monday night. His loss was
heavy and included two OF his finest
mules and sevenUy-6ve bushels OF corn
and other forage. The fire WAS about the
middle OF the night. The Information at
hand leaves the origin of the fire tC
conjecture. though the circumstances OF
khe case would seem TO indicate the hand
Of the Incendiary. A similar loss befel
Dir. Culver last fall. With characters
tic energy he had gone to work to regain
Abe losses OF that fire, and had in meas.
are succeeded, when this last burning
came to sweep away the accumulation OF
energy and thrift.
At Augusta Saturday at meeting OF
The Cotton Exchange a resolution was
passed for the appointment OF committee
pt five representative merchants to appear
before the Interstate Commissioners at a
special meeting to be held III Atlanta,
April %. Augusta merchants hold that
their city by reason OF its river route and
dhe establishment of the river boats
should have coast rates, just the same as
other cities where their location allows
water mpetltiOn with railroad rates.
There seems to be 10 doubt Of this, for
the law directly provides for such ar
arrangement. Augusta's committee Will
see that that favored point obtains all
its natural advantages. The river line Is
thus already bearing its good fruit, and
President Tobin will at his leisure ap.
punt Tue COmmllISo VI representative
citizens.
In the same handwriting was written on
one page OF the Kimball House register
Saturday fifteen names-the names OF a
party of gentlemen composing and repre-
senting a syndicate of several
millions OF dollars which are destined
TO ind their way into Georgia at an
early day. The names were
the Hon. W. W. Flynt, OF Monson,
Mass; Prof. II. w. Haynes. one OF the
Trustees OF the Boston Public Library
lion. Godfrey Morse, one OF the Boston
Court House Com missioners; w. T. Sears
and John G. Spoi1ord. prominent arcbi.
tects; W. j.. Plummsr and n. b. Thomas,
Of the Standard Sugar Refinery; Samuel
keeue, OF the Massachusetts Hospital
Life Ibsurande Company; &. +. Jewett,
fhe Tsell-GpOwn publisher; all OF Boston.
Edward braidus, prominent capitals;
of New York; =. II. Webb, Supervisor OF
Buildings OF New haven. Conn; Ben.
jamin Hurd, K. II. ingalls, and Paul West,
representatives OF the Georgia Marble
Company In Boston.
Sparta ishmaelite: The fruit has had o
numbcr OF waterloos within the past
mouth, but the result has been decima-
ti0n rather than complete destruction.
1h some exposed places and on some
trees the peaches have all beeu killed,
but we are convinced that pretty good
BprinkliDg OF them Will be lett in the